Courageous and Prophetic Women of Faith—Old Testament

Women have been faithful and courageous champions over the centuries, for the whole history of the people of God. We do not know about as many of them as we could, because the (largely male) history-writers have ignored or minimized their accomplishments. Naturally, another reason we don't know about all the great women of the past is that many of them were restricted from taking leadership. To some extent, this is still the case, which makes women's accomplishments all the more notable.

We are all supposed to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God (see 1 Peter 5:6). By building a culture within the Church of honor and relational authority we can esteem one another across traditional dividing lines because, in Christ, there is no male or female (see Galatians 3:28)... (more)

Hebrews 11:29 says, "By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned."

This Scripture says that it was on the account of "faith" that the Israelites crossed over on dry ground. The verses before this one state that it was faith which led Moses out of Egypt, and it was faith that brought them through.

The interesting thing to note, which this Scripture in Hebrews reveals, is that the enemy cannot pass where faith takes the righteous.

We are seeing the wicked pursue the cause of the righteous in this hour... (more)

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